Section 4. Findings
Food and canteen
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Our survey of children in custody indicated that less than one-third (32%) believed that the
food they received was good. This varied between establishments: Medway was the only
establishment in which over half of children (59%) found the food to be very or quite good,
whereas only one in 10 (10%) respondents said this at Parc.
Figure 10: Is the food here very or quite good?
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In addition to the quality of the food, we also asked children about the quantity of food they
received. Overall, just 37% of children said that they got enough to eat at mealtimes always
or most of the time. This again varied between establishments, from only 23% of children at
Parc to 43% at Wetherby, the Keppel unit and Medway.
Figure 11: Do you get enough to eat at mealtimes always/most of the time?
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In STCs and YOIs, children can purchase products from the shop or canteen. While overall,
more than half (56%) of children said that the shop/canteen sold the things they needed, a
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